The Outlaw Kid is a fictional Western hero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character originally appeared in the company's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics.[1] A lesser-known character than the company's Kid Colt, Rawhide Kid or Two-Gun Kid, he also starred in a reprint series in the 1970s and a short-lived revival.
The Outlaw Kid was Lance Temple, an Old West lawyer and Civil War veteran living with his blinded father on a ranch. Though promising his father he would never take up a gun, he nonetheless felt the need to right wrongs expediently on the near-lawless frontier, and created a masked identity in order to keep his gunslinging secret.
Publication history
The Outlaw Kid began his publication in the 50s, as a reboot effort of the previous western hero Texas Kid published in 1950. Texas Kid was also a masked hero, but hispanic-themed. He was also named "Lance Temple" and had the same backstory and supporting charactersto Outlaw Kid. With time, Outlaw Kid would become his own character with his own characterisation and in 1970 his backstory would be retconned.
Comic-book artist Doug Wildey, later a noted animation designer, illustrated three to four stories per issue of the 19-issue series The Outlaw Kid (